Add parallel Print Page Options

[a]They that are deceased tremble
Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
Sheol is naked before [b]God,
And [c]Abaddon hath no covering.
He stretcheth out the north over empty space,
And hangeth the earth [d]upon nothing.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds;
And the cloud is not rent under them.
He incloseth the face of his throne,
And spreadeth his cloud upon it.
10 He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters,
Unto the confines of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble
And are astonished at his rebuke.
12 He [e]stirreth up the sea with his power,
And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are [f]garnished;
His hand hath pierced the [g]swift serpent.
14 Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways:
And [h]how small a whisper [i]do we hear of him!
But the thunder of his [j]power who can understand?

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Job 26:5 Or, The shades. Hebrew The Rephaim.
  2. Job 26:6 Hebrew him.
  3. Job 26:6 Or, Destruction
  4. Job 26:7 Or, over
  5. Job 26:12 Or, stilleth
  6. Job 26:13 Hebrew beauty.
  7. Job 26:13 Or, fleeing. Or, gliding
  8. Job 26:14 Or, how little a portion
  9. Job 26:14 Or, is heard
  10. Job 26:14 Or, mighty deeds